Barbara Hammer

Biography

Barbara Hammer was born on May 15, 1939 in Hollywood, California. She was a visual artist working primarily in film and video. She made over 80 moving image works in a career that spanned 40 years. She is considered a pioneer of queer cinema.

Known For

Barbara Forever

A Month of Single Frames

!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution

Beyond the Bolex

Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor

Dykes, Camera, Action!

Masculinity/Femininity

Queer Genius

All Movies (28)

• Barbara Forever2026 · as Self (archive footage)
• Vever (For Barbara)2023 · as (voice)
• A Month of Single Frames2019 · as Self
• Queer Genius2019
• Beyond the Bolex2018 · as Self
• Dykes, Camera, Action!2018 · as Self
• Evidentiary Bodies2018
• Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor2018
• Film Hawk2016 · as Self
• Masculinity/Femininity2015 · as Self
• Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand2012
• !W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution2010 · as Self
• Generations2010
• A Horse Is Not a Metaphor2009 · as Self
• Diving Women of Jeju-do2007 · as Self
• Resisting Paradise2003 · as Director
• My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities2001 · as Self
• Women of Vision1998 · as Self
• The Female Closet1998 · as Self
• Tender Fictions1995
• Nitrate Kisses1992 · as Interviewer / Narrator (voice)
• Audience1983 · as Self
• Pictures 4 Barbara1981 · as Self
• Double Strength1978
• Superdyke Meets Madame X1976
• Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles1976
• Dyketactics1974 · as Woman Making Love
• “X”1973